SANDERS COUNTY ROCKY RIDGE SADDLE CLUB, INC.
This RELEASE FROM LIABILITY is made and entered into on this______day, of_______________20______,
by and between the SANDERS COUNTY ROCKY RIDGE SADDLE CLUB, INC., hereinafter designated CLUB
and___________________________________herinafter designated the RIDER, and if Rider is a minor,
Rider’s parent or guardian, ____________________________________________. In return for the use today, and on all future dates, of property, facilities, and services of the Club, the Rider, his heirs, assigns and legal representatives, hereby expressly agrees to the following:
1. Rider is responsible for full and complete insurance coverage on his/her horse, personal property and him/herself.
2. Rider acknowledges the inherent risks involved in and around equine activities, which risks include
Bodily injury form using, riding, or being in close proximity to horses, among other risks, and further, that both horse and rider can be injured in normal use or in competition and schooling. Rider agrees that the Club is not liable for any injury to, or death of a rider, and/or a participant in equine activities resulting from the inherent risk of equine activities.
3. Rider agrees to assume any and all risks involved in or arising from Rider’s use of or presence upon
The Club’s property and facilities including, without limitation but not limited to: the risks of death,
bodily injury, property damage, falls, kicks, bites, and collisions with vehicles, horses, or stationary
objects, fire, or explosion, the unavailability or emergency medical care, and/or the negligence and/or
deliberate act of another person.
4. Rider agrees to hold the Club’s and all successors, assigns, and subsidiaries, franchises, affiliates,
Officers, directors, employees and agents completely harmless and not liable and releases them from all liability whatsoever and agrees not to sue them on account of or in connection with any claims, cases or actions, injuries, damages, costs or expenses arising our of Rider’s use of or presence upon the Club’s property and facilities, including without, those based on death, bodily injury, property damage, including consequential damages, including negligence of the Club’s or its employees, excepting the intentional, willful or wanton conduct of the Club.
5. Rider agrees to waive the protection afforded by any stature or law in any jurisdiction whose purpose, substance and/or effect is to provide that a general release shall not extend to claims, material or otherwise, which the person giving the release does not know or suspect to exist at the time of executing the release.
6. Rider agrees to indemnify and defend the Club against, and hold harmless from, any and all claims, causes of action, damages, judgments, costs of expenses, including attorney’s fee which in any way arises form Rider’s use of or presence upon the Club’s property and facilities.
7. Ride agrees to abide by all of the Club’s rules and regulations, and rider is responsible for using
protective gear, i.e.hard hat and boots.
8. The Rider assumes responsibility for the health and welfare of his or her horse. Making sure that the
horse if free from infection, contagious or transmissible disease. The Club reserves the right to refuse horse if not in proper health or is deemed dangerous and undesirable
9. This contract is non-assignable and no-transferable and is made and entered in the State of Montana, and shall be
enforced and interpreted under the laws of this state. When the Club and rider (and Rider’s parent or
guardian, if Rider is a minor) sign this contract, it will then be binding on both parties, subject to the above terms
conditions.
I have read and understand this release.
________________________________________(Rider) ____________________________________________(Parent)
ADDRESS: ________________________________________________________________________________________
EMAIL_____________________________________________________PHONE________________________________